The clubs' growing youth program, known as the "Nippers" program, focuses more on swimming, fitness and water-safety skills.

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The event is only a peripheral part of the nationwide Nippers training program.

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To fill their ranks with new members and lay the foundations for future lifesavers, clubs rely on the Nippers program.

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If you are up for more of a party atmosphere, Nippers on Great Guana Cay has a legendary pig roast on Sundays.

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The Nippers program is popular, with 60, 000 kids signing up last year.

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He employs two scriveners at his Wall Street office, the alcoholic Turkey and the mentally impaired Nippers, who are assigned to copy legal documents by hand.

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